Re: RETURNING clause

I never used 'RETURNING' clause with pseudo-column like ROWID. Usually I'm using it to return a value of the sequence, used to insert the row:

INSERT INTO TABLE_NAME (col1,col2,..) VALUES(col1_SEQ.NEXTVAL,val2,..) RETURNING col1
 INTO col1_var.

Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
ineyman_at_perceptron.com

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> Hi list,
> I am firing foll query from oracle forms
> INSERT INTO TABLE_NAME (col1,col2,..) VALUES(val1,val2,..) RETURNING ROWID
> INTO var_rowid.
>
> it displays me follwoing error.
>
> "ORA-00439:feature not enabled:RETURNING clause
> from this client type"
>
> Is there any way to enable this feature from client ?
>
> (i know that in Forms ,there is a property of
> BLOCK 'DML returning value :YES/NO' but my table is not attached to the
> block )
>
> (same query works fine from sqlplus)
> (Forms 6i, Orcale 8.1.6)
>
> Any help is appreciated
> Thx
> Sameer
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